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Baron, Dennis – World Englishes, 2000
Discusses the politics of English and suggests that English varieties of the inner city and the socially disenfranchised continue to be stigmatized by speakers of more esteemed varieties. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, English, Inner City, Language Variation
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Marback, Richard – JAC: A Journal of Composition Theory, 2002
Considers the pursuit of language rights of speakers of English varieties, particularly those collected under the category of African American vernacular English. Describes how a lack of legal language rights for African Americans have left them to appeal to attitudes in the search for democratizing teaching policies. Concludes that attempts to…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, English, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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De Klerk, Vivian – World Englishes, 1999
Explores problems involved in defining Black South African English, such as whether it is a new variety of English or a dialect and relating to whose English it is: the English of those learners who have encountered only a smattering of English in informal contexts or the variety of English acquired during formal schooling. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, English, Foreign Countries, Language Variation
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Sridhar, Kamal K.; Sridhar, S. N. – World Englishes, 1986
A paradigm gap has prevented research on second language acquisition theory and indigenized varieties of English from making substantive contributions to each other. The varieties of English represent several significant sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic variables, the investigation of which will put second language acquisition theory on firmer…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Dialects, English (Second Language), Interlanguage
Quirk, Randolph – 1991
It is argued that viewing learners' errors as evidence for the emergence of new varieties of the English language is dangerously mistaken, particularly where it leads to the abandonment of Standard English as a model for learners. It is shown how this view is mistaken by: (1) citing recent British thinking on the relationship of varieties of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Classification, Language Standardization
Furstenberg, Gilberte; English, Kathryn – Language Learning & Technology, 2016
Two of the original authors of "Giving a Virtual Voice to the Silent Language of Culture: The Cultura Project", published in "Language Learning & Technology" in 2001, look back on the origin of the Cultura project, its goals, and the approach and materials used. Their commentary then focuses on the features and the…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Intercultural Communication, Teaching Methods, Questionnaires
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Wiltshire, Caroline; Moon, Russell – World Englishes, 2003
Shows that results of a study that suggests one difference between Indian English (IE) and American English (AE) varieties is the phonetic realization of prominence may be due to misinterpretation of the positioning of stress in Indian English. Shows that by considering the louder syllable to the stressed one, IE stress correlates differ in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Variation, North American English, Phonetics
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Richards, Jack C. – Language Learning, 1979
Describes the processes by which distinctive varieties of English develop in areas where English functions as a second language. The distinctions between rhetorical and communicative norms for speech events in these varieties are discussed. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies, English, Language Styles
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Peterson, D. A. T. – Technical Communication, 1990
Establishes the concept of a Simplified English, mentions several varieties that have been developed, and then outlines a procedure by which any technical community can develop its own version for its specific "domain of discourse."(PRA)
Descriptors: Higher Education, International Communication, Language Role, Language Standardization
Soudek, Lev I.; Soudek, Miluse – 1984
Current practices and materials for teaching English as a second language (ESL) contain oversimplifications about English based on the assumption of a uniform language type and standard of usage, presented to foreign learners for pedagogical clarity. ESL teachers may be aware of the language's diversity but are not prepared to provide…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Dialects, English (Second Language), Language Styles
Kachru, Braj B. – 1991
This paper addresses the issue of the relationship between World Englishes (WE) and applied linguistics. The diffusion of English is seen in terms of three concentric circles: the Inner Circle (first-language varieties, e.g., the United States, United Kingdom), the Outer Circle (English-as-a-Second-Language varieties), and the Expanding Circle…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Standardization
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Wright, Evelyn – College English, 1980
Presents detailed information about school English, a functional variety that has influenced twentieth-century American vernaculars and the writings of most Americans. Sets school English in its nineteenth-century context and comments on factors that have favored its survival. Comments briefly on the Black English case in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (RL)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
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Halpern, Jeanne W. – English Education, 1982
Underscores the importance of preparing English educators to train prospective English teachers in a variety of ways. Lists four ways of broadening the perspectives of prospective English teachers. (RL)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, English Teacher Education, Higher Education, Teacher Qualifications
Bula, Andrew – Journal of Practical Studies in Education, 2021
Reverend Father Professor Amechi Nicholas Akwanya is one of the towering scholars of literature in Nigeria and elsewhere in the world. For decades, and still counting, Fr. Prof. Akwanya has worked arduously, professing literature by way of teaching, researching, and writing in the Department of English and Literary Studies of the University of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Literary Criticism, Teaching Methods
Catherwood, Vince – English in Australia, 2020
During the Third International Conference on the Teaching of English the author was conscious of a bewildering variety of ideas and impressions on almost every conceivable subject that had some relevance to the teaching of English. In this article, the author shares his thoughts on the conference and the speakers. Donald Graves' account of his…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing (Composition), Inner Speech (Subvocal), Metacognition